Railway-car.



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w c y @y l@ @EIL Yments in the related car construction. The

invention consists of the formation, combination and arrangement of parts as will be herein set forth and nally pointed out 1n the appended claims., y

Tn the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial transverse vertical sectlon through a car body showing in side elevational view Van embodiment of the body bolster ofl my construction and its relatlon to the adjacent parts of the car body. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same showing the body bolster in plan view. Fig. 3- is an inverted plan view showing the bottom construction of the same. Fig. 4f is a transverse vertical section through the bolster taken on the line M, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a simllar view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referringnow to these drawings, the car is supplied with sides, one of which is indicated at 1, the other being breiten away, and a door 2. For draft purposes there 1s provided a Hanged center sill 3a extenohng longitudinally of thecar, this in the present instance being formed of two channels with vertical webs and top and bottom danges.

lin the drawings but one of the channels l. `is shown, the other being broken away, the

center sill being disposed centrally ofthe car. This construction, however, is well lrnown in the art and will be readily understood., A top cover plate 5 is riveted to the top anges of the channels and securely boxes and ties together the channels, thls cover plate serving also as a part of the car door. 4

To the inside of the car side is riveted a vertical angle 6 and to the lower edge of the car side may be secured a reinforcing member such as the bar 7.

The body bolster extends transversely of the car from car side to car side and embodies a web 8 which is attached to the inturned leg of the angle 6. There is also secured to the car side an angular casting 9 having an inwardly-turned leg and this leg is hpeeicaon of Letters Patent.

application med April t, 1917. serial No. 159,671.

Patented dpr. 23,

disposed at a sucient distance from the leg of the angle 6 to admit the web plate 8 between them. The rivets such as 10 then pass through all three members and make a secure fastening for the bolster web. The casting 9 is formed to underlie the lower end of thel angle 6 and may also underlie-the car side 1 and reinforcement 7 and is there Hattened out to form a jacking surface 11.

The bolster i-s provided with upper ange angles 12 which are secured to the opposite sides of the web 8 and with their outstanding Hanges at the top. These angles are reinforced at intervals as they approach the center of the car where the strains are greater by the top cover plates 13 and 14 and over the center sill additional angles 15 are applied to the angles 12 and to the web 8 to further reinforce the topo bolster Hangs at this point of greatest strain. These angles are applied with their outstanding legs down and these transfer a portion of the vertical forces in the bolster directly to the center sills against which they bear, the door plates 2 and cover plate 5, which are located A in adjacent planes, being interposed.

To transfer other portions of the vertical load of the bolster to the center sills, angles 16 are secured to the opposite sides ofthe web 8 and their outstanding legs are disposed against and secured to the webs of the center sill channels.

The Hoor plates 2 are axed' to the side of the car by means of suitable angles 17 and to the bolster web by means of angles 18. The floor is also secured to the outstanding legs of the upper iiange angles 15..

to the outstanding legs ofthe angle 6 and the casting 9. At the center these angles are cut away to permit the uninterrupted passage of the center sill and a bottom splice plate 20 is secured `to the horizontal outstanding flanges of these angles, this plate extending beneath the center sill and outits ends. The plate 20 is formed or bent to follow' this angularity of the flange angles 19.

Beneath the center sill and beneath the plate 20 is secured the body center plate 21, securing rivets passing through this center plate, through the splice plate 20 and through the bottom angesof the center sill and tying them all together. Thus in edect the 'cut ends of the angles 19 are alixed to the center sill through the medium of the center plate rivets.

'Ihe force from the angles 19 being transferred to the angular portions of the plate 2O sets up a bending stress at the anglebf this plate and-tends to distort it. To remforce the plate 20 against this action, and to further tie-together the cut ends of t'he angles 19, the center plate 21 is provided with angular extensions or flanges 23, which overlie the cut ends of the angles 19 and are shaped to fit over the bend in the plate 20. When the severall parts are then riveted together it will be seen that the center plate, which is of cast steel, will materiall assist the plate 20 inlresisting these de orming forces, at the same time tieing the angles 19 `A bolster center casting or center sill filler 22 is secured between the channels 4 immediately over the center plate 21 to assist inn supporting it.

Thus I have produced a body bolster and car construction of great strength and of economical design, and while for some classes of lading the fact that the plane of the Hoor intersects the plane of the bolster web would be a disadvantage, yet for such service as modern coal-carrying cars where the cars are handled in a dumping machine the presence of the uppor portion of the bolster within the cavity of the car is not obiectionable.

aving thus described the present embodiment of my invention, I claim:

1. In a railway car having sides and a ioor, a body bolster having a web and top and bottom flanges and extending across the car from one side thereof to the other, the plane of the said door intersecting the plane of the bolster web and the said ioor being affixed to the said web.

2. In a railway car having sides and a l floor, a'body bolster extending transversely of the car from one car side thereof to the other, saidl body bolster having upper and lower flan es, the upper flange being disposed who y above the car floor and the recaen? 4said bolster web.

4. In a railway car having sides anda ldoor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinal center sill, a body bolster having upper and lower anges and a connecting web and extending across the car from side to side, the plane of the said floor intersecting the plane of the bolster web and 'being attached to the said web, the said Hoor beingin substantially the same plane as the top surface of the center sill and being attached thereto.

5. In a railway car having sides and a. floor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinal center sill, a body bolster having upper and lower anges and a connecting web and extending across the car from one car side to the other, the said upper flange extending uninterruptedly over the said center sill and above the car floor and the lower flange being intercepted by the said center sill, there being means passing beneath the sail center sill for joining together the intercepted ends of the said bottom ange, the said floor being attached to the upper portion of the center sill.

6. In a railway car having sides and a floor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinal center sill, a body bolster having upper and lower anges and a connecting web and extending across the car from one car side to the other, the said u per iange extending uninterruptedly over the said center sill and above the car door and the lower flange being intercepted by the said center sill, there being means passing beneath the said center sill for joining together the intercepted ends of thesaid bottom flange, the said oor being attached to the upper portion of the center sill and to the web of the body bolster.

7. In a railway car having sides and a floor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinal center sill, a body bolster having upper and lower ianges and a connecting web and extending across the car from one side to the other, the upper liange thereof passing uninterruptedly over the said center sill and the lower flange thereof being affixed to the center sill, and means separable from but forming a part of the said upper flange for delivering a ortion of the vertical load in the bolster to t e said center sill, the car door being attached to the said center sill and to the said load-delivering means.

asentar in a railway carhaving sides and a loor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinalcenter sill, a body bolster having upper and lower :Hanges and a connecting web and extending across the car from one side to the other, the upper ange thereof passing uninterruptedly over the said center sill and the lower Bange thereof being afxed to the center sill, and means se arable from but forming a part of the sai upper flange for delivering a ortion of the vertical load in the bolster to t e said center sill and there being additional means attached to the web of the said bolster for delivering another portion of the said vertical load to the said center sill. v

9. In a railway car having sides and a floor and having a centrally disposed, longitudinal center sill, a body bolster having upper and lower Hanges and a connecting web late and extending across the car from one slde tothe other, the up er bolster ange embodying a pair of angles avin their vertical legs secured to the opposite sldes of the said web plate and their horizontal legs outstandin from the upper edge of the same, the sai flange angles passing continuonsl and uninterruptedly over the said center sil the said car Hoor being secured to the upper edges of the said center sill and to the web plate of the body bolster and below the said flange angles, there being additional angles having their vertical legs secured to the said bolster above the car floor and their horizontal legs supporting the car door and supported upon the said center sill.

the web and the said bottom dan 10. in a railway car, a Centraf, longitudinally-disposed center sill, a bolster extending transversely of the car and having top and bottom flanges and a connecting web, e being cut away to admit the said center si and the said bottom iiange being inclined. upwardly from the lower edges of the center sill toward each side of the car, and a center plate aiiixed to the center sill, said center plate having extensions which overlie and are secured to and formed to fit the contour of and to brace thev adjacent inclined ends of the intercepted bottom bolster Bange at each side of the center sill.

11. In a railway car, a central, longitudinallydisposed center sill, a bolster extending transversely of the car and having top land bottom flanges and a connecting web,

the web and the said" bottom ange being cut away to admit the said center sill an the said bottom ange being inclined upwardly from the lower edges of the center sill toward each side of the car, a tie plate 'extending beneath the said center sill and itted to and joining together the adjacent ends of the intercepted bottom bolster Hangs, and a center plate axed to the center sill and the tie plate, the said center plate having extensions which overlie and are secured .to and formed to fit the contour ci' and to brace the inclined bottom'bolster ange at each side of the center sill.

ln testimony whereof affix my signature.

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